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ERHARD PLEDGES TO JOIN JOHNSON IN PEACE EFFORT; They Promise to Explore All Ways to Better East-West Ties as Texas Talks End CHANCELLOR GOES HOME Communique Commits Bonn to More Open Policy in Approaches to Moscow Joint Moves Pledged ERHARD PLEDGES TO HELP JOHNSON Erhard Explains Plan President Reports Pledge

By TOM WICKER Special to The New York Times ();

December 30, 1963,

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AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 29-- President Johnson and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany ended a two-day conference today with a joint pledge "to explore all opportunities for the improvement of East-West relations" and the easing of cold war tensions.

December 30, 1963

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